Nebraska
Nebraska Republicans fire chairman at tumultuous convention
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KEARNEY, Neb. — Nebraska Republicans fired their longtime social gathering chairman at a tumultuous state conference that highlighted divisions throughout the social gathering pushed by activists who help former President Donald Trump and wish to take the social gathering additional to the proper.
After conference delegates voted to take away Chairman Dan Welch on Saturday, many of the different state social gathering leaders, together with Govt Director Taylor Gage, resigned, the Omaha World-Herald reported.
Republicans have been sharply divided throughout this spring’s gubernatorial major battle between two conservative candidates: the eventual winner, Jim Pillen, and businessman Charles Herbster, who was endorsed by Trump. The race to switch Gov. Pete Ricketts, who could not run due to time period limits, turned extra controversial after eight younger girls accused Herbster of groping them.
Herbster denied the allegations, describing them as a politically motivated assault. He filed a defamation lawsuit towards one in all his accusers, state Sen. Julie Slama, who responded with a lawsuit of her personal accusing Herbster of sexual battery.
Herbster has refused to endorse Pillen, who continues to be anticipated to win in November over Democratic state Sen. Carol Blood as a result of the state strongly favors Republicans.
The divisions throughout the social gathering have been exacerbated within the days earlier than the conference after the social gathering refused to challenge credentials to 6 activists who had been vital of Pillen or Ricketts. A type of delegates, Matt Innis of Crete, was arrested for third-degree assault and second-degree trespassing after he tried to enter the assembly Saturday morning. However he was allowed to take part later within the day after he and many of the different activists have been reinstated.
The talk over the credentialing challenge was tense at occasions, with some delegates criticizing the choice to withhold entry to the activists as an assault on free speech.
Welch, who led the social gathering for eight years, mentioned he thought the disputes have been associated to the hard-fought gubernatorial major that noticed Ricketts and plenty of established Republican leaders endorse Pillen. Welch mentioned many within the social gathering appeared to consider the state GOP sided with Pillen through the major, however he maintained that the social gathering remained impartial despite the fact that Ricketts spent aggressively to help Pillen.
“The one factor I want you knew was the actual data,” Welch informed the conference earlier than he was eliminated.
Welch was changed as chairman by Lancaster County GOP Chairman Eric Underwood, who had launched the motions that led to Welch’s firing. Underwood requested delegates for “the chance to earn your belief” as he leads the social gathering by way of the remainder of this yr. The state GOP will elect a boss to a full time period close to the top of this yr.
Not lengthy after electing Underwood, the delegates voted in favor of a conservative decision calling for election ballots to be counted by hand below video surveillance.
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Nebraska
Pillen officially announces intent to call special session for Nebraska tax reform
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LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen took the next step in securing a special session in the state’s legislature this summer.
Gov. Pillen on Tuesday sent a letter to Speaker John Arch, officially announcing his plans to call senators back to Lincoln on July 25. The purpose of the session is to make more headway on addressing property taxes in Nebraska.
“In my sine die address in April, I stated that I would call a special session this summer to facilitate another opportunity for us to meet Nebraskans’ demand that their elected leaders fix this crisis now,” read the Governor’s letter, in part. “I have traveled extensively across the state since the Legislature adjourned and have heard from a wide range of people. Their message is clear: stop this massive overall tax increase by fixing property taxes.”
Gov. Pillen has been hosting town halls across the state over the past two months since the legislative session ended, working to educate Nebraskans on what he calls a “tax crisis.”
He still has several of those meetings planned:
Wednesday, June 26
1:30 p.m. (CT) Columbus: Columbus Chamber of Commerce, 753 33rd Ave, Columbus
Thursday, June 27
10:00 a.m. (CT) Valentine: Mid Plains Community College, 715 E Hwy 20, Valentine
1:00 p.m. (MT) Chadron: Chadron State College, Student Center – Lakota Room, 1000 Main Street, Chadron
4:30 p.m. (MT) Alliance: Westside Events Center, 2472 County Road 62, Alliance
Friday, June 28
8:30 a.m. (MT) Ogallala: Petrified Wood Gallery, 418 East 1st Street, Ogallala
1:00 p.m. (CT) McCook: Coppermill Steakhouse, 202 Coppermill St., McCook
4:00 p.m. (CT) Lexington: Central Community College – The Opportunity Center, 1501 Plum Creek Pkwy, Lexington
Along with slashing property taxes, Gov. Pillen also wants to ensure that the legislature knows he will call a special session regarding other “unfinished business” leftover from the 2024 legislative session, which could include Nebraska’s move to a “winner-take-all” state during elections.
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Nebraska Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 2.5% in May
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Nebraska’s unemployment rate in May was unchanged at a seasonally adjusted rate of 2.5%. That rate is unchanged from September 2023 and up 0.4% from May 2023.
Nebraska’s rate is the fourth lowest in the nation. The national seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May 2024 is 4.0 percent, up 0.1 percentage points from the April 2024 rate of 3.9 percent and up 0.3 percentage points from the May 2023 rate of 3.7 percent.
“Nebraska’s total nonfarm employment has been on an upward trajectory since February and reached an all-time high in May at 1,077,200,” said Commissioner of Labor John H. Albin. “Omaha’s leisure and hospitality industry saw a large gain over the month, with all the metro areas reaching record highs in total nonfarm employment.”
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Nebraska International Port of the Plains discusses progress of port development project
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NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) – The Nebraska International Port of the Plains Authority held their regular monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon at the Lincoln County Courthouse.
Although four members were absent from the meeting, those present proceeded in reviewing what progress has been made so far for the port development project.
In attendance at Tuesday’s meeting were members of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development Ben Goins and Jessica Anderson. Goins and Anderson clarified questions from members about the recent $5 million grant the authority received from the department.
Also at the meeting was Gary Person from the North Platte Area Chamber and Development. Person reported on the many conversations he had with local businesses and the Union Pacific Railroad as a plan starts to finalize for the port project.
Port Authority Vice President Patrick Keenan said all of the cooperation between groups involved has made the port project advance extremely well, but that the project will take time to finish
”There are a lot of people working hard to make this happen, and we appreciate the patience, like any big project,” Keenan said. “Nothing happens easy and nothing happens too quickly, so bear with us, there’s a great learning curve, but we have a lot of good people working hard.”
The port project will bring intermodal traffic to an area of land just east of Hershey along Highway 30. With the port’s location near the Union Pacific Bailey Yard, Lincoln County will become one of the largest areas for rail traffic in the country. Vice President Keenan expressed his excitement for the growth of the area.
“Anything we can do to add volume and add more activity through the area is a good thing,” Keenan said.
The next regular meeting for the Port of the Plains will be on Monday, July 22, 2024 at 2 p.m. in the Lincoln County Commissioner’s office at the Lincoln County Courthouse.
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